Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 17th Dec 2007 22:10 UTC
Opera, based in Norway, announced Thursday that it had filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission, alleging that Microsoft is abusing its dominant position by bundling IE with the Windows operating system. Opera also claimed that Microsoft is hindering interoperability by not following accepted open Web standards. Microsoft struck back Friday, indicating that it would not willingly unbundle IE from Windows. "We believe the inclusion of the browser into the operating system benefits consumers, and that consumers and PC manufacturers are already free to choose to use any browsers they wish," a Microsoft representative said. "Internet Explorer has been an integral part of the Windows operating system for over a decade and supports a wide range of Web standards."
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RE[3]: Doesn't everyone do this?
by lemur2 on Tue 18th Dec 2007 09:28
in reply to "RE[2]: Doesn't everyone do this?"
Member since:2007-02-17
Do you really think people would want to use lynx?
It is way more secure than IE.
Lynx is after all a better option than a raw command-line ftp program.
But primarily I mention it because it does answer the question posed posed by the OP ... how to download another browser without IE installed.
It turns out that there are multiple answers to that question. Lynx is one were people can at least "see" what is happening.
Freedownloadmanager is better from a GUI point of view ... but you need to know a URL to download from. Lynx + google will at least let you find such a link.
http://www.vordweb.co.uk/accessible_website.htm
(link above has a small screenshot of lynx displaying the google page).
Edited 2007-12-18 09:32
RE[4]: Doesn't everyone do this?
by Coxy on Tue 18th Dec 2007 13:33
in reply to "RE[3]: Doesn't everyone do this?"
Member since:2006-07-01
Wouldn't a better approach, and one that could be understood and actually completed by the average user, be to link to Windows Market Place browser section? Or a special web page setup by ms for people to select a browser. Could be reached by a special application.
No offence, but the idea that the average user could use lynx is laughable
Edited 2007-12-18 13:34
Member since:
2006-07-01
Do you really think people would want to use lynx? Your living in a dream world